Lenbach-Museum (Lenbach Museum)
It was an unprecedented career. Who would have guessed in 1836 that little Franz, the 13th child of a master bricklayer from Schrobenhausen, would one day rise to become a famous "painter prince"? Franz v. Lenbach (1836-1904) was one of the most important German portrait painters of the late 19th century. He painted emperors and popes, many princes and important entrepreneurs of the Gründerzeit - and not least countless female beauties. With around 500 paintings, sketches and drawings, the museum in his birthplace houses the largest collection on Franz v. Lenbach. It ranges from his artistic beginnings in 1851 to his later creative period in Munich and thus provides an excellent overview of the artist's development. Two rooms on the ground floor of the Lenbach-Museum are dedicated to Lenbach's friend and early teacher, the painter Johann Baptist Hofner (1832-1913), who became famous for his animal paintings.
Last edited on 04.06.2024
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